Collar-support.



I. J. STEWART.

COLLAR SUPPORT.

APPLIGAT-ION FILED JUNE 2, 1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

. Inventor Attorneys Wnees UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

IDALIA J. STEWART, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDALIA J STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Collar-Support, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved construction of support for ladies lace collars and the invention aims to provide a device of this type simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and readily applicable to any ordinary collar of the kind mentioned. Such supporting devices as are now in use are in most instances extremely liable to become disengaged from the collar which they are to support and thereby allow the collar to slip down and expose the devices and certain other of such devices as are now used are liable to tear the collar which they support. The present invention therefore aims to overcome both of these disadvantages and the construction and arrangement of parts by which best results are obtained is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of one of these devices embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 41 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

In the drawings, the device is illustrated as embodying, in its structure, a bar 5 which constitutes the body of the device and at each end this bar is formed upon one face with a short sleeve 6 projecting at right angles from said face, the bore of this sleeve extending also through the opposite face of the bar. A pin indicated by the numeral 7 is formed at one end with a head 8 and this pin is inserted point first, at the time of manufacture of the device, through the sleeve 6 at. that end which is integral with the bar 5. After being so inserted, the head 8 of the pin will bear against that face of the bar 5 opposite the face from which the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 2, 1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910. Serial No. 564,834.

sleeve 6 projects and after such insertion the pin is bent at right angles as at 9 at a point coincident with the outer end of the respective sleeve 6, it being readily understood that by thus bending the pin, the portion between its bend and its head will be pivotally held in the sleeve 6 so that its portion beyond its bend, indicated by the numeral 10, may be swung around to assume various angular positions with respect to a keeper for the pin which keeper will be presently specifically described.

The keepers for the pin above described are located one at each end of the bar 5 at one edge of the said bar and these keepers are in the nature of outstanding arms 11 which are bent at right angles so that their portions 12 will project inwardly from their portions 11 and in spaced relation with respect to and transversely in advance of that face of the bar 5 from which the sleeve 6 projects. In their sides which oppose the bar 5, the keepers are formed each with a notch 13 and beyond this notch have their undersides beveled as at 14;. It will be observed that the ends of the portions 10 of the pins are sharply pointed as at 15 whereby they may be readily inserted through the material of the collar which is being supported, and after such insertion the pins are swung around until their portions 10 will ride beneath the beveled under edges 14 of the respective keepers and will snap into the notches 18, they being in this manner firmly held so that they cannot become disengaged from the material of the collar until disengaged from the respective keepers.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be readily understood that if the support is properly applied to the collar the same cannot become disengaged accidentally to release the collar.

That is claimed is In a device of the class described, a bar, a sleeve projecting from one face of the bar at each end thereof, a pin inserted through each sleeve and having a head bearing against that face of the bar opposite the face from which the sleeves project, the pins being each bent over at right angles at the extremity of the respective sleeve and having their portions between their heads and their said bends pivoting in the respective sleeve, and a notched keeper at one edge of the bar at each end thereof and directly opposite the corresponding sleeve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

IDALIA J. STEWART.

X'Vitnesses:

HERMON H. THOMPSON, A. H. WVEATHERDoo. 

